Union Days Features National Leaders

The public is invited to ILR School “Talkin’ Union” events featuring speakers whose experiences reflect contemporary labor movement struggles and successes.
Amazon headquarters in Seattle, Wash.
Union Days Features National Leaders

Cornell ILR Empire State Poll Shows New York State Residents, From Long Island to the North Country to Western NY, Support Strong Climate Action with High-Quality Job Creation

The Cornell ILR Empire State Poll (ESP) 2022 shows that over 68% of New York residents are concerned about the impacts of climate change and more than 70% of New Yorkers have been impacted by climate change in the past five years
CJI Empire State Poll Chart
Cornell ILR Empire State Poll Shows New York State Residents, From Long Island to the North Country to Western NY, Support Strong Climate Action with High-Quality Job Creation

SSI at Work Website Illuminates Work Path

Created by the Work Incentive Support Center in the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, a new website explains Supplemental Security Income work incentives.
Three employees in a sunny office reviewing a diagram together
SSI at Work Website Illuminates Work Path

Dashboard Details Surge in NYS Eviction Filings

Cornell Chronicle
As part of its on-going public impact mission and “data democratization” initiative, the Buffalo Co-Lab has launched the Cornell ILR Eviction Filings Dashboard for New York, a tool designed to help citizens, policymakers and nonprofits more easily visualize where eviction filings have occurred since 2018.
An eviction notice hangs on a door.
Dashboard Details Surge in NYS Eviction Filings

ILRie Helps Formerly Incarcerated

Sakiel Ruff ’25 spent his High Road summer developing a database to help formerly incarcerated people find housing.
Sakiel Ruff ’25
ILRie Helps Formerly Incarcerated

Skinner presents at the White House Forum on Campus and Community-Scale Climate Change Solutions

Skinner, Executive Director of the Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell ILR, presents at the White House Forum on Campus and Community-Scale Climate Change Solutions
The White House Logo
Skinner presents at the White House Forum on Campus and Community-Scale Climate Change Solutions

Union Days 2023

Union Days begin March 15 with "Unions on Campus," a presentation and panel discussion with members from different university worker organizations.
United Student Group
Union Days 2023

Travel Worsens Poor Conditions For Rural Health Aides

Cornell Chronicle
Rural health care workers face challenges tied primarily to travel, which exacerbates poor working conditions already prevalent in the home care industry, according to a new Cornell study.
A lone car travels a snow-covered rural road
Travel Worsens Poor Conditions For Rural Health Aides

Strikes up 52% in 2022: Labor Action Tracker

The ILR School database that documents U.S. work stoppages informs journalists, policymakers, activists, scholars and the public about labor activism and unrest.
Labor action tracker map
Strikes up 52% in 2022: Labor Action Tracker